| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 29 June 2026 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Tuesday 30 June 2026 |
| 9:30 AM | Room 30 | Committee for Health
Public from 9:30 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:35 AM (60 mins)
National Autistic Society NI - Forgotten Voices
• Ms Shirelle Stewart, National Autistic Society NI
• Ms Julie Tipping, Parent Advocate
• Ms Claire Miller, Parent Advocate
• Ms Carly Braiden, Parent Advocate
• Ms Laura Flannigan, Parent Advocate
• Ms Rita Orr, Parent Advocate
Public from 10:35 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:15 PM | Room 30 | Chairpersons' Liaison Group
Closed from 1:15 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:30 PM (15 mins)
End-of-Mandate Management of Legislation
Guidance on Rescinding of Committee Decisions
Strengthening Committee Scrutiny
Closed from 1:45 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 01 July 2026 |
| 9:30 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 9:30 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 9:35 AM (40 mins)
Departmental oral and written evidence – SL1 Gas Safety (Installation and Use) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
• Seán Keogh, HSENI
SL1 - The Education (Student Support) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
SL1 Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
SR The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme (Closure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
Retention and Disposal Schedule
Committee Business
Forward Work Programme – Renewable Electricity Generation Bill
Forward Work Programme – Regional Balance Bill
Public from 10:15 AM (75 mins)
QUB – oral and written evidence – HE budget issues
• Professor Sir Ian Greer, Queen's University Belfast
• Professor Margaret Topping, Queen's University Belfast
• Dr Ryan Feeney, Queen's University Belfast
• Alistair Finlay, Queen's University Belfast
Public from 11:30 AM (90 mins)
Invest NI - oral and written briefing – Boston event / Cantor Fitzgerald decision
• Kieran Donoghue, Invest NI
• Anne Beggs, Invest NI
• Mark Lee, DfE
Public from 1:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:00 AM (30 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:30 AM (45 mins)
Tree Protection Bill - Oral Evidence
• Mr Peter McReynolds, MLA
Public from 11:15 AM (45 mins)
Display of Flags and Emblems Bill - Oral Evidence
• Ms Paula Bradshaw, MLA
Public from 12:00 PM (15 mins)
Harbours Bill - Consideration of Draft Bill Timetable
Public from 12:15 PM (15 mins)
SL1 - The Parking Places (Disabled Persons' Vehicles) (Amendment No. 3) (Northern Ireland) Order 2026 - Initial Consideration
SL1 - The Cycle Routes (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration
SL1 - The Parking Places on Roads and Waiting Restrictions (Dungannon) (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration
SR 2026-123 The Road Races (Eagles Rock Hill Climb) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
Closed from 12:30 PM (30 mins)
Water, Sustainable Drainage and Flood Management Bill - Final Consideration of Draft Report
Closed from 1:00 PM (30 mins)
Planning Review - Regionally Significant Developments and Judicial Reviews - Final Consideration of Draft Report
Closed from 1:30 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 106 | Committee on Standards and Privileges
Closed from 10:00 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:10 AM (40 mins)
Committee deliberation on complaints against a Member
Closed from 10:50 AM (30 mins)
Draft Report on proposed updates to the Assembly Code of Conduct and the Guide to the Rules relating to the Conduct of Members
Closed from 11:20 AM (15 mins)
All-Party Group issues
Closed from 11:35 AM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Education
Public from 2:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:15 PM (45 mins)
Budget Update - Oral Briefing by DE Officials
• Mr Neil Palmer, DE
• Mr Conor O'Neill, DE
• Mr Stephen Creagh, DE
Public from 3:00 PM (30 mins)
Education (Holiday Meal Payments) Bill - Committee Clause by Clause and Consideration of Draft Report
Public from 3:30 PM (30 mins)
Irish Medium Education (Workforce Plan) Bill - Consideration of Draft Report
Public from 4:00 PM (15 mins)
Relationships and Sexuality Education Inquiry - Consideration of Draft Report
Public from 4:15 PM (15 mins)
Strategic Review of Current SEN Provision and Transformation Agenda - Consideration of Draft Report
Public from 4:30 PM (10 mins)
SR 2026 /106 The Education (School Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland
Public from 4:40 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 2:00 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:30 PM (40 mins)
Outturn and Forecast Outturn - (Final, and Monitoring Round) & wider Budgetary matters – Oral Briefing from DoF Officials
• Mr Patrick Neeson, DoF
• Ms Maryann Smith, DoF
Public from 3:10 PM (30 mins)
City and Growth Deals - Oral Briefing from DoF Official
• Ms Jillian Gilmore, DoF
Closed from 3:40 PM (5 mins)
Performance and Culture of the Northern Ireland Civil Service - Committee deliberations
Public from 3:45 PM (5 mins)
Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill - Committee deliberations
Public from 3:50 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:00 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:10 PM (60 mins)
Oral Briefing: Race Relations Update - Departmental Officials
• Mrs Orla McStravick, TEO
• Mr Colin Moffett, TEO
• Mr Gavin King, TEO
Public from 3:10 PM (40 mins)
Oral Briefing: RaISe - Ending Violence Against Women and Girls - Committee Inquiry Scoping Paper
• Ms Annabel Reid, Senior Researcher
• Ms Kathryn Barr, Research Officer
Public from 3:50 PM (10 mins)
Delegated Legislation - SL1: The Salaries (Public Services Ombudsman) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
Public from 4:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 02 July 2026 |
| 10:00 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (75 mins)
Ministerial Evidence Session - Update on Current DAERA Issues and Programmes
• Mr Andrew Muir, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
• Mrs Katrina Godfrey, DAERA
Public from 11:20 AM (30 mins)
Departmental Oral Evidence Session - Policy Intention – Generational Renewal – Farming for the Generations
• Mr Paul McHenry, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise
• George Moffitt, DAERA
• Mr Mark Scott, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise
Public from 11:50 AM (30 mins)
Departmental Oral Evidence Session - Overview of Public Consultation Responses to Rural NI: Our New Approach (2026 - 2041)
• Jason Foy, DAERA
• Ms Claire McAllister, DAERA
• Ms Maria Bradley, DAERA
Public from 12:20 PM (45 mins)
Departmental Oral Evidence Session - Nutrients Action Programme 2027-2030
• Dr Alistair Carson, DAERA
• Ms Fiona Dickson, DAERA
• Mr Brian Ervine, DAERA
• Julie Thompson, DAERA
Public from 1:05 PM (10 mins)
Fisheries, Aquaculture and Water Environment Bill
Public from 1:15 PM (10 mins)
SR 2026/116 The Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
SR 2026/124 The Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
Public from 1:25 PM (10 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Tree Planting Action Plan
Departmental Written Briefing - Forest Service Business Plan 2026/27
Public from 1:35 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Communities
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (55 mins)
Oral briefing from Administrative Data Research Centre Northern Ireland (ADRC-NI)
Public from 11:00 AM (40 mins)
Charities (Amendment) Bill: Oral evidence from the Department for Communities
• Ms Colleen Bell, DfC
• Mr Martin Ireland, DfC
• Mr Gerard Reilly, DfC
Public from 11:40 AM (20 mins)
Occupational Pension Schemes delegated legislation: Oral briefing from the Department for Communities
• Mr Mark McCartney, DfC
• Mr Neil McAlinden, DfC
Public from 12:00 PM (5 mins)
SL1 The Housing Benefit (Earned Income Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 – initial consideration
Public from 12:05 PM (5 mins)
SR 2026/111 The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
Public from 12:10 PM (5 mins)
Retention and Disposal Schedule - Libraries NI
Public from 12:15 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Health
Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (15 mins)
SL1 - The Feed and Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
• Ms Firth Piracha, Food Standards Agency NI
• Mr Richard Annett, Food Standards Agency NI
Public from 2:20 PM (45 mins)
Departmental Briefing - Encompass within the Transformation Agenda
• Dr Paul Rice, DoH
• Ms Pippa McCabe, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
Public from 3:05 PM (45 mins)
Committee Inquiry: Access to Palliative Care Services - Access to Palliative Care Scoping Exercise by Department
• Mr Gearóid Cassidy, DoH
• Mr Roger Kennedy, DoH
• Mr Paul Cavanagh, SPPG
Public from 3:50 PM (5 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Elective Care Framework: Governance, Delivery & Outcomes
Public from 3:55 PM (5 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Children’s Social Care Services Review
Public from 4:00 PM (5 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Rural proofing and regional access to services within the Transformation Agenda
Public from 4:05 PM (5 mins)
Retention and Disposal Schedule - Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry
Public from 4:10 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (60 mins)
Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill - Deepfake amendment – Minister of Justice oral evidence
• Mrs Naomi Long, Minister of Justice
• Mr Andrew Dawson, DoJ
• Ms Lorraine Ferguson-Coote, DoJ
Public from 3:05 PM (70 mins)
Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill - Law Society of Northern Ireland oral evidence
• Mr David A Lavery CB, Law Society Northern Ireland
• Ms Emma Lyons, Law Society Northern Ireland
• Mr Joe McVeigh, Law Society Northern Ireland
• Mr Eoghan McKenna, Law Society Northern Ireland
• Ms Ann McMahon, Law Society Northern Ireland
Public from 4:15 PM (20 mins)
Victims and Witnesses of Crime Bill - Call for evidence proposals
Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill - Written papers
SL1 The Justice (2011 Act) (Amendment of Schedule 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Update to football bodies, championships and leagues
SL1 The Justice (2011 Act) (Amendment of Schedule 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Expansion of Out of Court Disposals
SL1 The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Extension of Provisions Relating to Live Links for Courts and Tribunals) (No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
SL1 The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
SL1 The Surrender of Offensive Weapons (Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
SL1 The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
Reform of Legal Services - Department of Justice written paper
Access to the Bar - RaIse written paper
Public from 4:35 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |